#495BB4#495BB4

#495BB4 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.122; OKLCH L 50.4% C 0.142 H 271.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#495BB4
RGB	rgb(73, 91, 180)
HSL	hsl(230, 42%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(230, 59%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.4%, 49.4%, 0%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.52, 20.60, -49.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.52, 53.64, 292.59°)
OKLab	oklab(50.36% 0.0045 -0.1416)
OKLCH	oklch(50.36% 0.142 271.8)
XYZ	xyz(14.7242, 12.1928, 44.7487)
Luminance	0.1219 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#495BB4 #B4A249

analogous

#4990B4 #495BB4 #6D49B4

triadic

#495BB4 #B4495B #5BB449

tetradic

#495BB4 #B44990 #B4A249 #49B46D

square

#495BB4 #B44990 #B4A249 #49B46D

split-complementary

#495BB4 #B46D49 #90B449

monochromatic

#262F5D #374588 #495BB4 #7482C7 #9FA9D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.11

#495BB4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.44

#495BB4 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #495BB4

6.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##495BB4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##495BB4	1.00	6.11	3.44	6.11
#FFFFFF	6.11	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.44	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.11	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2D67B7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1A5DB2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006F7F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#626262

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #495bb4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 91, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.4% 0.142 271.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8589cb',
    500: '#495bb4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #495bb4;
$custom-light: #8589cb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#495bb4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 91,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 229.907,
    "s": 42.292,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5036,
    "c": 0.14165,
    "h": 271.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.12194
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#495BB4

secondary

#C5BD94

accent

#BD56D2

background

#F8F8FC

surface

#F0EFF8

border

#CBCAD1

text

#0C0B13

muted

#7D7C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #495BB4

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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